17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.

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17 As he came near the place where I was standing, I was terrified and fell prostrate.(A) “Son of man,”[a] he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 8:17 The Hebrew phrase ben adam means human being. The phrase son of man is retained as a form of address here because of its possible association with “Son of Man” in the New Testament.

19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.

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19 He said: “I am going to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath,(A) because the vision concerns the appointed time(B) of the end.[a](C)

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  1. Daniel 8:19 Or because the end will be at the appointed time

26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.

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26 “The vision of the evenings and mornings that has been given you is true,(A) but seal(B) up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.”(C)

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